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Quantum Gravitation The Feynman Path Integral Approach /

The book covers the theory of Quantum Gravitation from the point of view of Feynman path integrals. These provide a manifestly covariant approach in which fundamental quantum aspects of the theory such as radiative corrections and the renormalization group can be systematically and consistently addr...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hamber, Herbert W. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo

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505 0 |a Continuum Formulation -- Feynman Path Integral Formulation -- Gravity in 2+? Dimensions -- Hamiltonian and Wheeler-DeWitt Equation -- Semiclassical Gravity -- Lattice Regularized Quantum Gravity -- Analytical Lattice Expansion Methods -- Numerical Studies -- Scale Dependent Gravitational Couplings. . 
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